For Nonprofits, a bigger share of the economy

Read my Datapoints column in the New York Times on really strong growth in the nonprofit sector. A very interesting and not well understood part of the economy that looks set to become even bigger. Wish we had better numbers and more transparency!

Two Numbers: Things Went Better With Bottled Water

Read my latest Newsweek piece on how bottled water is the new soft drink.

Two Numbers: A Tale of Two Restaurants

Read my latest piece in Newsweek. Another sign of how the job market still stinks for many Americans. A tale of two restaurants is really a tale of two labor markets.

Two Numbers: Spring Reading List from Hell

Read my Newsweek piece on how much our income tax code has grown over the years. For most of us the tax code seems to have literally outgrown its usefulness.

Two Numbers: Twitter's Dicey 2013

Read my Newsweek piece on Twitter's 2013. Even after the sell off, Twitter's valuation is sky high! At this rate, it would take hundreds of years for the stock to pay back.

At the IRS trying to collect more with less

Read my Datapoints column in Sunday's New York Times about how fiscal austerity is making it harder to collect taxes. It seems the Republican agenda goes beyond cutting taxes to limiting the collection of taxes that are legally due.

Two Numbers: It pays more to flip burgers down under

Read my latest piece in Newsweek about how stingy the US is in terms of the minimum wage compared with other wealthy countries. Australia's minimum wage is more than double that of the US and it hasn't held back the Aussie economy all these years!